Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Children's classics top book list


Classic tales including Just William and The Railway Children dominate a list of the best books of all time, as chosen by children's laureates.
Just five of the 35 books - selected by Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen - came out in the past 20 years.
A fifth were published in the 19th Century, including the oldest - Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist from 1838.
There was no place on the list for any of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books.

Avalon ~ Into The Mists

Children of the New Forest

[An unpublished imagined cover by Paul Finn
http://www.angels-astronauts.co.uk/id1.html
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[Cinderella by Paul Finn]

Jane Ray again


Robin Redbreast - illus by Robert Barnes

Frontispiece
Personal Collection
book by Mrs Molesworth
not dated

Angel's Christmas




No illustrator or date
Personal collection
by Mrs O F Walton who wrote religious stories and was very popular at the time

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Tales of Gwaeold: Temptasyon

Dr Seuss - Cat in the Hat Poster


Examples of Watercolor Effects and Brush Strokes in Web Design


Just thought you might find these interesting

Illustrations from 'Tell Me A Story'




Tell Me A Story, 1908 by Mrs Molesworth
personal collection
The illustrator isn't credited but these are surely by Walter Crane who often worked with her
Wonderful line work

Frontispiece to 'Lettice' - F. Dadd


Is this an attempt at early colour illustration ?
Frontispiece to the book by Mrs Molesworth by F. Dadd
Victorian (not dated) - personal collection

Monday, April 20, 2009